Defence in dark over Port of Darwin lease
CHIEF Minister Michael Gunner has lambasted the former CLP Government after it was revealed the Defence Department learned the Port of Darwin would be leased to a Chinese company for 99-years just hours before the decision was announced.An expert said the revelations, reported by The Australian through Freedom of Information documents, highlighted an “alarming naivety” on the part of the Defence Department about the nature of Chinese business.The impending announcement also reportedly triggered..>> view originalTIO's $900 hit to Darwin resident
LUDMILLA resident Clive Hyde faces a whopping $940 increase in his home and contents insurance at the hands of TIO on the eve of the cyclone season.The insurer was sold by the previous CLP Government to the German giant Allianz in 2014.Mr Hyde, a former pictorial editor at the NT News, said he was stunned at the rise.“Once TIO was sold we all figured the premiums would go up,” he said. “I would’ve expected a $200 increase but not by this much, not by $900.”The premium on the family home, which s..>> view originalDarwin Esplanade bike lane to remain in place
Despite a staff recommendation to remove the bike lane from the Esplanade, Darwin Council last night voted to keep the lane.In a split decision, Lord Mayor Katrina Fong Lim used her additional casting vote to retain the controversial bike lane, but add a 500mm buffer zone between the edge of the lane and the side of the car park. This means the car parks will be narrowed to 2.2m wide.Aldermen Niblock, Glover, Knox, Young and Lord Mayor Fong Lim voted to retain the lane, while Aldermen Want de Ro..>> view originalCouncil playing the lane game
Despite a staff recommendation to remove the bike lane from the Esplanade, Darwin Council last night voted to keep the lane.In a split decision, Lord Mayor Katrina Fong Lim used her additional casting vote to retain the controversial bike lane, but add a 500mm buffer zone between the edge of the lane and the side of the car park. This means the car parks will be narrowed to 2.2m wide.Aldermen Niblock, Glover, Knox, Young and Lord Mayor Fong Lim voted to retain the lane, while Aldermen Want de Ro..>> view originalNhulunbuy boy steals show at Rio
ALISTAIR Donohoe doesn’t remember stealing fellow Paralympian Tom O’Neil-Thorne’s bike in Nhulunbuy nearly 20 years ago.“We lived on the same street. Apparently, I stole their bike, I have no memory of my time in Nhulunbuy because I was really young,” the two-time Rio silver medallist said.“I met his mum and dad and they told me that I used to go around and take their kids bikes and ride them. Then my mum would have to apologetically return them.”It is uncanny the two would go on to represent Au..>> view originalRadio Maubere: The secret link between occupied East Timor and ...
Radio Maubere: The secret link between occupied East Timor and the outside world Posted October 12, 2016 12:01:24 If someone was to make an Australian version of Forrest Gump, they might look to Brian Manning's life story for inspiration.In 1966, he helped the Gurindji strikers in the Wave Hill walk-off. When Cyclone Tracy hit his hometown of Darwin, police commandeered his truck to collect dead bodies. Months later, he became involved in possibly the most important m..>> view originalMinisters deliberately kept in the dark on child abuse, royal ...
The Royal Commission into children in detention has heard astounding evidence that senior Northern Territory public servants deliberately kept the minister "in the dark" over the number of child who were subjected to abuse. Ministers deliberately kept in the dark on child abuse, royal commission told Commissioners Mick Gooda and Margaret White AO. Photo: Glenn CampbellMegan Mitchell from the Australian Human Rights Commission leaves court after giving eviden..>> view original'I beg you, do not just put it in the filing cabinet', witness pleads at NT ...
The survival of Indigenous people in the Northern Territory depended on the outcome of the Royal Commission into Child Protection and Detention, a witness told the commission hearing in Darwin.Pat Anderson, co-author of a 2007 report on protecting young Indigenous people from sexual abuse titled Little Children Are Sacred, begged commissioners to be firm saying the issues they were considering had been talked about many times before. Commissioners Mick Gooda and Margaret White AO. Photo: G..>> view originalBreaking The Silence After The Bali Bombings
The emergency department staff thought he could be crazy. A man had walked into Royal Darwin Hospital saying he'd just arrived from Bali, where something terrible happened. It was 7am on a Sunday. He had bruises and burns on his body. He said Australians were dead and injured. The team called general manager Len Notaras. "I was told we had a chap who was telling a chilling tale of carnage and disaster in Bali," Notaras told The Huffington Post Australia. "Now the staff were saying, 'Look, l..>> view originalThe role of the CMO is evolving: Are you keeping up?
Sheryl Pattek is vice-president, executive partner at Forrester Research My (amazing) vacation in the Galapagos Islands earlier in the year got me thinking about Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution. Many of you may already know this, but Darwin visited Australia 180 years ago and this visit had a role to play in his understanding of the world. On this same voyage where he also visited Galapagos, Darwin discovered various species of the finch, which played a large..>> view original
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